Redhat Python RPM

[Gordon McMillan]

Ivan Van Laningham wrote:

[Building Python on RedHat]

> ...  I've only heard that building your own and
> installing it breaks RH Python scripts--I've never actually seen
> any evidence of that, though.

Nah. Put *shared* way up in the setup, and adjust it until you 
build everything you can of their dynload - the special RedHat 
extensions won't break. Then install on top of theirs. There's a 
couple spots where they use a default arg before a non-default 
one, and Python will catch those pronto. If you like to be pro-
active, there was a post (from Skip?) on exactly where those 
are in their source.
 
> <don't-you-think-URL-sounds-obscene?>-ly y'rs,
> Ivan

Only when you say it <nudge nudge wink wink>.

- Gordon